Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-08

haur advanced in eastern markets cent
10 . cents. 4 labor light is on at Min
urlpOlis with the CoOUerS. Hogs are
squsaling Tor higher prices in western pack
mg crutrrS. In eastern markets prices for
such products are declining.
sugar stocks at our sugar ceuters in
Great Britain are 2l2,UCO tons. Sugar
stocks at tour Atlantic sea-houUd diStri-
buting points were l5i. 80 tons against
l2Lgg9 tons % year 40 It the same points.
Coffee receipts az Rio Jaucrio Tor this sea-
SON are %.U1J.UDO bags against &,J1~,O 600
Tor last season. Stocks ct coffee at all dis
trlhutin- points In the United States are
lILguJ bags. The visible supply is $50
GUD bags a. against 90, g2T bags = year
AGO.
Europe is using lll,ODO bales OF cotton
per week this year, IL against lii,UOo bales
per week lest year. British consumption IL
7lUDD bales per week this year, Us against
7O,pD0 bales last year. The wool markets
all over the world are quiet.
ruE IRON TRADE,
Is strong. hut Just now, not active, because
OF the covering ct forward requirements
rtaIy in the spring and the holding back
at present hy buyers who have a notion
prizes urr likely TO drop. The iron and
steel makers sly everything has gone mp,
that goes into iron, and hence there can be
no drop. Bridge and railroad work Is very
active.
The manufacturers ot dry goods of all
KINKS are tearing ahead Tor the fall trade.
The outlook is good. silk making Is pro
crossing, and eastern Pennsylvania, besides
turning out iU.OuO tons of pig iron per
week, are making the finest silks ever
worn. The father makes the pig iron, and
the daughter the silk.
immigrants are pouring In, and labor Is
everywhere in demand. Many applications
are received from tar western farmers and
good wages are offered.
The rush ot Immigration from abroad
has heen stimulated by great activity in
railroad building, and hy the demand Tor
labor i'm mills. factories and shops OF all
kinds. Mechanical labor Is coming over in
abundance, while comparatively few
miners are changing their abode. The in
ducrmentS 10 miuccs OF Europe OF Great
Britain to change their homes, are not 50
strong, ~ 10 workmcn i'm other branches.
Common labor has extraordinary induce
meuts offered. There will be railroad
mileage paid this year, pouble that of last
year. House building will he at least -
per cent greater. shop labor of all kinds
Is in demand, and there Is therefore, an OPP
]pOTtUnity tor q great influx OF labor. Even
I'm the lumber camps in the Northwest,
men are paid from 81 - to - per day, hut
they are skilled wOOdSmen. Mining labor
Is wanted I'm the gold and silver mines all
along the Rocky Mountain range, from
Northern Montana othc city of Mexico.
MANUFACTURERS uT MINING MACHINERY
in st. Louis. Chicago, and New York hav,
lately received orders tor an unusually
large quantity OF special machinery, aud
a long list OF mining companies have
recently announced themselves to operate
all through the mineral regions from tn,
lakes down to Mexico. One company ha,
been organized with a capital Hi2, OuO, OUO
two in ST. Louis, with a capital OF s., 900,
OOO, one IN Chicago with j., 600, 600, To say
nothing of the long string of smaller com
panies, all OF which seem to he we'll hacke,
with capital and prepared to enter upOI
active work. A good many investors ar
glad OF opportunities presented to pU
money into mining operations, since rail
road opportunities ave scarce.
Textile manufacturing interests ar
booming in the south. A mill in Columbu
will put in fifty more looms. Augusta
Ga, mills are paying 6 per cent dividend
A cotton factory is to be built at Union
5. Z, and another at Fort Mills. On
hundred thousand dollars has been sub